Gordon Tietjens

19 Mar 2013

Hours after landing, a raw All Blacks Sevens squad were trying to get rid of their jet lag as they prepared for this week's Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens without their talismanic coach...

5:22AM

Ear infection robs New Zealand of talismanic coach in build-up to Sevens

15 Mar 2013

The All Blacks Sevens will be missing a number of top-line players due to injury with the biggest blow being playmaker and goal-kicker Tomasi Cama. Other influential absentees are Kurt Baker, Toby...

5:45AM

Samoa pile on gloom for All Blacks with victory in Dubai Sevens

3 Dec 2012

It was a bad weekend to be wearing the famous black jersey with the silver fern logo.

3:01AM

Beijing Sport Bureau to spend HK$1m for training tour to New Zealand

22 Sep 2012

Beijing is to invest more than a million HK dollars to send a group of players and coaches to New Zealand to learn the art of sevens from the world's finest exponents of the game, including...

3:32AM

Tietjens' men 'more than hungry'

24 Mar 2012

The message was loud and clear. New Zealand are 'more than hungry'.

11:01AM

Tietjens happy to rely on veterans

21 Mar 2012

D.J. Forbes has been to Hong Kong so many times he joked yesterday it might be better if he had a permanent home here. It's no joke he has won a permanent place in Hong Kong Sevens folklore as a...

10:42AM

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The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

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Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Full steam ahead

He is omnipresent, having been at all 100 tournaments since the IRB Sevens World Series began in December 1999. But Gordon Tietjens, is typically humble and refuses to dwell on the past. He...

11:41AM

Cullen sees much of himself in prodigy O'Donnell

The clock spun back to 1996 for Christian Cullen when he watched Declan O'Donnell strut his stuff in the all black strip. And he has some words of advice for the new kid on the block - do the...

3:57PM

Ryan demands perfection from England

Captain fantastic Ben Gollings added another 19 points to his world record tally last night but England, hunting for a fifth Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens crown, were told to...

4:12PM

Tietjens & Co want hi-tech help for refs

Players and officials of top sides at the Cathay Pacific/Credit Suisse Hong Kong Sevens called on the IRB to use technology and bring in a dedicated panel of referees to reduce controversial...

8:27PM

Vito destined for the biggest stage

Watch Victor Vito today and savour every minute of it - the 20-year-old New Zealander is well on his way to stardom and might not be back again next year.

5:58AM

Tietjens sees the bigger picture

So was the vintage of 2001 better than 2008? Gordon Tietjens smiles and goes off on a tangent. He was coach of both successful teams, but he does not want to compare the class of 2001 led by Karl...

11:56PM